Rocksteady

Rocksteady is a human from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have a friend named Bebop.

Rocksteady is a member of the Bop Crew. He's got some sharp moves. How sharp? He keeps his hat on while he break-dances, and it never falls off! He seems to be the most pragmatic of the trio, but is easily distracted by the opportunity to show off his dance moves. He may or may not know Prince.

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Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: T.K. Carter (English), Takurō Kitagawa (Japanese){{#if: Enrique Hernández (Spain-Spanish), André Filho (Brazilian Portuguese), Serge Lhorca (European French), Gedeon Burkhard (German)|, Enrique Hernández (Spain-Spanish), André Filho (Brazilian Portuguese), Serge Lhorca (European French), Gedeon Burkhard (German)}}

While busting some moves outside the Dancitron, Rocksteady and his friends Raoul and Poplock were harassed by a group of thugs send from the club. The trio split, fleeing from the thugs until they ran into Tracks and Blaster. After the two Autobots had chased off the thugs, the Bop Crew filled them in on the events so far. Later, as the Bop Crew were taking the elevated train, Rocksteady observed that the train was running out of control. They were once again saved by Tracks and Blaster.

Poplock and Rocksteady found themselves left with Blaster, as Tracks and Raoul departed to investigate the club. While they were waiting for Blaster to consult Teletraan I, the pair were approached by a Dancitron promoter, who handed them free tickets to the club. They dashed to the club, where Rocksteady immediately eschewed any investigation in favor of hitting the dance floor. Unfortunately the secret of the club was that Starscream and Soundwave were using music to hypnotize the patrons, and Poplock and Rocksteady soon succumbed. When Tracks arrived, the duo led him straight to the hands of the Decepticons. A follow up attempt to get Raoul hypnotized backfired when he threw water over the pair, breaking the hypnotic spell.

The Bop Crew quickly freed Tracks, and jumped in as the Autobot pursued Starscream in his vehicle mode. After being rattled around Tracks's car interior, they watched Blaster demolish the building which the Decepticons had been constructing using hypnotized humans. Afterward, they requested Blaster's services as a replacement for their lost boombox, and resumed break-dancing. Auto-Bop

Notes

• [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Rocksteady|{{#if:||Rocksteady}}]] is a music genre originating in Jamaica. It was popular in the '60s, which probably makes it a tragically unhip nickname for someone in the '80s.
• Seriously, it would have been awesome if another member of the Bop Crew was named Bebop.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Rocksteady (ロックステディ Rokkusutedi)
• French: Rock-abat-jour ("Rock-lampshade")